Author: Steve

  • September 26, 2014
    LONELINESS HAS ITS VALUE I have explored some of the toxic features of the loneliness experienced by pastors, but here…
  • September 24, 2014
    A UNIVERSAL LONGING There is something in human nature that yearns to be part of something more. Even if you…
  • September 19, 2014
    AN AGE OF SPLINTERING We live in an age of fractured community. As sociologist Brene' Brown suggests, it is a…
  • September 15, 2014
    EMBARRASSED BY RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE Think about it. You are called by God to offer a faith perspective from  which to…
  • September 10, 2014
    The Presbytery Pastoral Care Network 15th Annual Conference Rediscovering the Beloved Community: Overcoming Isolation October 27-30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church…
  • September 8, 2014
    The Presbytery Pastoral Care Network 15th Annual Conference Rediscovering the Beloved Community: Overcoming Isolation October 27-30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church…
  • September 5, 2014
    IT HELPS TO LAUGH By late September I will be releasing on Amazon a new book for the pastor, God…
  • September 3, 2014
    48TH ANNIVERSARY Today will be a short post celebrating an event that still amazes me. Today I celebrate the 48th…
  • August 29, 2014
    THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. "Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
  • August 27, 2014
    WORDS CREATEWORLDS In Walter Brueggemann's Israel's Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective experiences…